Am in L.A. for meetings and in a morning's journey I encountered four empty self-driving vehicles, one of which passed me on the right. Am now self-walking to the hotel bar for a three-martini lunch. Fuck this fucking town for real. - ThreadSky

audacityofdespair.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Am in L.A. for meetings and in a morning's journey I encountered
four empty self-driving vehicles, one of which passed me on the right.

Am now self-walking to the hotel bar for a three-martini lunch. Fuck this fucking town for real.

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atlsoccerpast.bsky.social•8 days ago

Just got back from there. Those things, stupid-ass cyber trucks, and the R2D2 delivery bots were everywhere.

jammaj.bsky.social•8 days ago

AI replacing drivers same as writers smdh.

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

If that's your example a lot of innocent fuckers are going to get run over.

mark-80.bsky.social•8 days ago

Gin or vodka?

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

Vodka. I know that makes me a piker, but gin always tastes like medicine to me.

mark-80.bsky.social•8 days ago

Whatever works for you, gin with lemon for me. Enjoy

wildkat-hyatt.bsky.social•7 days ago

That’s fucked up David, that’s my livelihood. Get the fuck out.

davidwrites1.bsky.social•8 days ago

In the good old days, you didn’t have to deal with the empty automatons until you arrived at the meeting.

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•7 days ago

Just so.

echoparkvato.bsky.social•8 days ago

C’mon, Mr. Simon, you don’t mean that. Like any city we’re a mixed bag. Don’t kick us when we’re down. Go get dinner at Guelaguetza, tacos in East L.A., noodles in Little Tokyo, cocktails at Clifton’s on Broadway, etc.. There’s much to love in my hometown. ✊🏽🔥❤️

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

Get rid of the entertainment industry and you'll be fine.

echoparkvato.bsky.social•8 days ago

Sadly, runaway production is already doing what you say. 😬😢

mrmandell8.bsky.social•7 days ago

Cole’s for that drink. Whiskey with Bukowski’s ghost is always fun. 🥃

raskolnikola.bsky.social•8 days ago

San Francisco has had them a while. Beats small talk.

loudlong.bsky.social•8 days ago

What are you working on though?

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

A green light for anything worth shooting.

loudlong.bsky.social•8 days ago

We miss Omar.

chrisweedon.bsky.social•8 days ago

The world misses Michael Kenneth Williams.

loudlong.bsky.social•7 days ago

He was so great.

chrisweedon.bsky.social•8 days ago

I hope what's worth shooting for you is worth shooting for 'them'.

miahere.bsky.social•8 days ago

Why the hell are they empty? Food delivery trips?

kgsbca.bsky.social•8 days ago

they may be driving from where they dropped off passengers to where they have to pick one up

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

Do not question our new automotive overlords. They know the mission.

jameswilson1781.bsky.social•8 days ago

If you place a small traffic cone on the camera on the front, they get confused and can’t go anywhere. Just saying

miahere.bsky.social•8 days ago

Thanks. Feeling rather old right now. My father drove a CTA bus and limos—jobs he raised us on.

tedgehring.bsky.social•8 days ago

If they’re waymos, they drive better than people in LA…by a lot.

marthawt.bsky.social•7 days ago

😳😱

sethcasriel.bsky.social•8 days ago

They're everywhere.

Can I join you?

I'll buy.

bskeye.bsky.social•8 days ago

Those cars have a life of their own 😂

mrmandell8.bsky.social•7 days ago

Haha. You must be in my neighborhood. Hello to you wherever you are. 🥃

dalbak.bsky.social•8 days ago

Sounds infinitely safer than driving with the "human" animals on the DC Beltway. I'll take my chances with the robots. They aren't trying to work out their frustrations over their shitty boss and their shitty sex life behind the wheel.

Same people don't do that in the Metro. Just behind the wheel.

morerevs.bsky.social•7 days ago

That’s my hometown, just tell the autonomous cars to fuck off…go to Langers and balance things out…

maryhear.bsky.social•8 days ago

As a female of a certain age who has to take taxis or rideshares every now and then, I can tell you I feel safer in a robot car than I have with several creepy male drivers. I’ve only had one female driver in the past two years.

queenatliveaid.bsky.social•8 days ago

Real people live there too, same as Baltimore.

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

They need to rebel.

frankstrovel.bsky.social•8 days ago

Then maybe stay away from Austin. We are ground zero for autonomous vehicles. A facility here in making autonomous boats.

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•8 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwGZoIn2-t8

...nobody walks in LA...

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

The bar is in the lobby. I will risk it.

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•8 days ago

Cheers!

How would you feel about doing a daily press conference refuting every stupid thing that 47 and Elonsky do each day? Your immense language of insults gifts would be epic in the role.

The resistance desperately needs a spokesperson to pull an Andrés Manuel López Obrador on 47.

audacityofdespair.bsky.social•8 days ago

Union scale and I am there, sure.

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•8 days ago

Turn out union scale for a spokesperson is very reasonable. Even with +10 for the agents it seems like a good deal.
"According to SAG-AFTRA standards, the union scale payment for a TV spokesperson (considered a "principal actor" in a commercial) is typically around $783.10 for a single session; 1/2

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•8 days ago

this is the base "session fee" that actors receive for filming a commercial, with potential for additional residuals depending on the airings of the ad."

I'll let the lawyers figure out residuals.

2/2

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•8 days ago

Looking up "union scale" for resistance spokespersons now!

pdxalejandro.bsky.social•8 days ago

San Francisco has even more of them. They are all over the place.

radiopirate99.bsky.social•8 days ago

But at least they're in San Francisco.

donlinn.bsky.social•8 days ago

My least favorite city in the country. Escape while you can.

howcanwedance.bsky.social•8 days ago

If you want feel better channel Bukowski while you walk and have your martini.

sylviayenikoy.bsky.social•8 days ago

Wait till you see the little, weird robot carts delivering meals?

radiopirate99.bsky.social•8 days ago

Remember, never confuse LA with real California. It's a hell hole that the rest of us disavow. (That said, is the news that you're there for meetings a hint that we will soon be blessed with a new Blown Deadline gem?)

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